A 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic TitleThis book provides an accessible space for interdisciplinary scholarship and narrative through an analysis of the power of media and sports, focusing on the intersectionality of identity, politics, social justice, and social movements within this context. Contributors examine how identities coalesce in sports and discuss the ways in which sports provide spaces for marginalized communities and create unique platforms that shift how soci...

It’s 1973, and in Denver, Colorado, Patsy Antoine doesn’t usually give much thought to her relatives living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. After all, her classmates don’t even know she’s part Lakota. Then she learns the tiny town of Wounded Knee has been occupied. Now Patsy’s relatives are stuck amid the conflict between American Indian Movement activists and Oglala Lakota tribe members on the one side, and federal marshals and FBI agents on the other. When Patsy vis...

Everybody may want to rule the world, but very few people want to destroy it... right?Not in 1935. In 1935, apparently a few people wanted to destroy the world (only after conquering it, of course). Thankfully for us, dear reader, we have great men and women like Brick Brannigan (the Professor) and Dr. Liliana Halifax (the real brains of the operation) to try and keep this world spinning.Together, Drs. Brannigan and Halifax will team up–with the help of a very worried gradu...

"On Bended Knees" is a must-read novel that reminds us of the importance of facing our past to move forward in life. This book tells the story of Jason, who lives with his wife and his son. He also has a son who he's never met before. When Jason's past catches up with him, he's put in a position of bended knees. Will he be able to get up? For years, Jason has been living the life of a Christian. He's a man of great faith, character, and spirit. As the story progresses, his life takes an un...